Federal Law now mandates that ALL teachers provide instruction to their students for safe use of the internet.
Safety online means more than just avoiding sites with inappropriate content. Now students must learn to protect their private information, avoid spam and other unwanted e-mails, evaluate site privacy policies, deal with cyberbully situations, and avoid stranger danger in chat rooms and online social networks. By clicking on the title above you will be redirected to resources to teach your students how to stay safe online.
Free Microsoft curriculum encourages students to be good 'digital citizens'
http://digitalcitizenshiped.com
Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content daily but do not fully understand the rules surrounding the appropriate use of these materials, or why it should matter. To help teach students about intellectual property rights and encourage them to become good "digital citizens," software giant Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a free curriculum that offers cross-curricular classroom activities aligned with national standards. THe Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was designed for students in grades 8-10 but can be adapted for use in grades 6-12.
Copyright Links and Resources
Issues of copyright and internet safety concern us all. As media of all types becomes instantly available, teachers must consider copyright when choosing to use this media with students. If students are to be responsible digital citizens, teachers must model correct usage. Thiscopyright site was developed for teacher staff development and provides discussion of different regulations for different media. There are rarely simple answers to copyright questions and answers change as technology changes.
Copyright rules are explained in terms simple enough for students in the article Kindergarten Copyright.
The Copyright Kids! website has activities for students learning about copyright. On the Copyright?? page, from the Richmond Virginia school website, students can "Follow this interactive adventure. Do all the activities. Figure out what copyright really means.Then take the test at the end to see what you really do know!"
The CyberBee copyright page is an interactive question and answer activity for students that will teach them the basics about copyright
Tool for Citing Sources Correctly
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Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people’s intellectual properties.
Sources for Copyright Friendly Media for Digital Projects
Now that our school system has furnished all schools mobile lab carts with laptops that give our students access to 1 to 1 computing, at least for a portion of the day, we can have the time for our students to create some amazing products. To stretch our thin budgets further without breaking copyright law, we can access the multitude of online resources available for open sharing. The websites listed below are perfect for the classroom projects. Using a special copy license called Creative Commons, these resources often are free to use in digital works with as little as a citation concerning where author's identity.
Copyright Friendly Image Sites
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Pics4Learning.com - This site is very student friendly and has a wealth of photos stored for use by our students. I have yet to run into an inappropriate image.
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FreeFoto.com - Great photos with the only condition for use by educators or students being that they credit as follows:
(1) Students may download and use our images in their own work. A credit to (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com is required.
(2) An individual teacher may make use of our images in the course of their own personal teaching work. A credit to (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com is required.
FreeFoto.com is an easy to navigate site, offering multiple methods to find images.
Select one of the categories on the left side of the screen, there are over 3000 categories of images, organized into 150 sections. This will find you collections of similar images by subject.
Enter a free-text search in the search box at the top right. This will find you collections of images that have those terms in the descriptions, title or keywords.
Use a quick link. Under each large size images are a series of keyword tags, selecting one of these will find all images tagged the same way.
You are required to enter your email address and click "Agree" to the terms of use to download a watermark free image.
Digging around deep enough may eventually take you to VERY FEW photos that may not be suitable for elementary students, but I haven't found anything that wouldn't be fine for older students. The only photos that I found that are questionable are in the New York City group.
For elementary students you might want to preview the groups you are asking them to search to be safe.
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Wikimedia Commons, where you can browse for images by topic, location, type, author, license, or source. Copyright status and conditions are clearly stated. Great images and a wide range of content.
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flickr Creative Commons includes a very clear description of what each type of license allows and requires for use of the images on the first page and allows for an easy search for the content for which you are looking. Check this one out!
Copyright Friendly Video Clips
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CreativeCommons.org- This site has works of all types, most notably video clips. I have found links to some video that may have less appropriate for younger students. It does have a safe search feature. That said, I would search for the media ahead of time so I could find the best and most appropriate video or photos for my class. In addition, if you search and find anything from Google Video or YouTube, remember that our school system blocks video from these 2 sources so those clips will not be usable.
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StockFootageForFree.com is a website dedicated to providing completely free stock footage from around the world that can be downloaded instantly and incorporated into any type of video editing project–personal or commercial.
This website is owned and operated by Footage Firm, and all of the clips available on this site were created exclusively as stock footage to be given away. Registered users may use the footage freely and legally in their own projects, royalty free.
The clips are short and organized into categories.. You may not find everything you are looking for here, but what you do find is good quality and I have not found anything that is not school appropriate.
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Royalty Free Music- Free Music Resources - The Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Music Loops, Royalty Free Beats, Royalty Free Bumpers and Stingers, and Royalty Free Sound Effects, posted on this page may be used, in Educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge.
Digital Citizenship
Internet Safety, Cyberbully, and Safe Practices for Social Networking Curriculum, Lessons, and Ideas
Federal Law now mandates that ALL teachers provide instruction to their students for safe use of the internet.
Safety online means more than just avoiding sites with inappropriate content. Now students must learn to protect their private information, avoid spam and other unwanted e-mails, evaluate site privacy policies, deal with cyberbully situations, and avoid stranger danger in chat rooms and online social networks. By clicking on the title above you will be redirected to resources to teach your students how to stay safe online.
Free Microsoft curriculum encourages students to be good 'digital citizens'
http://digitalcitizenshiped.comStudents interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content daily but do not fully understand the rules surrounding the appropriate use of these materials, or why it should matter. To help teach students about intellectual property rights and encourage them to become good "digital citizens," software giant Microsoft Corp. has unveiled a free curriculum that offers cross-curricular classroom activities aligned with national standards. THe Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was designed for students in grades 8-10 but can be adapted for use in grades 6-12.
Copyright Links and Resources
Issues of copyright and internet safety concern us all. As media of all types becomes instantly available, teachers must consider copyright when choosing to use this media with students. If students are to be responsible digital citizens, teachers must model correct usage. Thiscopyright site was developed for teacher staff development and provides discussion of different regulations for different media. There are rarely simple answers to copyright questions and answers change as technology changes.Just out -
Copyright must include - Law / Citing sources / How to determine violations
Legal or Not What's up on downloads? Go to www.edutopia.org/copyright
Or have a look at "Do the (Copy)right Thing" published in THE Journal in March 2008
Copyright Issues for Educators offers a detailed explanation of fair use in education.
The copyright page on this wikispace discusses recent changes in copyright and new types of copyright permissions.
WiredSafety Flash Animations and Video a series of short flash animinations that illustrate cyberbullying
Copyright rules are explained in terms simple enough for students in the article Kindergarten Copyright.
The Copyright Kids! website has activities for students learning about copyright.
On the Copyright?? page, from the Richmond Virginia school website, students can "Follow this interactive adventure. Do all the activities. Figure out what copyright really means.Then take the test at the end to see what you really do know!"
The CyberBee copyright page is an interactive question and answer activity for students that will teach them the basics about copyright
Tool for Citing Sources Correctly
Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people’s intellectual properties.
Sources for Copyright Friendly Media for Digital Projects
Now that our school system has furnished all schools mobile lab carts with laptops that give our students access to 1 to 1 computing, at least for a portion of the day, we can have the time for our students to create some amazing products. To stretch our thin budgets further without breaking copyright law, we can access the multitude of online resources available for open sharing. The websites listed below are perfect for the classroom projects. Using a special copy license called Creative Commons, these resources often are free to use in digital works with as little as a citation concerning where author's identity.Copyright Friendly Image Sites
Pics4Learning.com - This site is very student friendly and has a wealth of photos stored for use by our students. I have yet to run into an inappropriate image.
FreeFoto.com - Great photos with the only condition for use by educators or students being that they credit as follows:
(1) Students may download and use our images in their own work. A credit to (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com is required.(2) An individual teacher may make use of our images in the course of their own personal teaching work. A credit to (c) Ian Britton - FreeFoto.com is required.
FreeFoto.com is an easy to navigate site, offering multiple methods to find images.
- Select one of the categories on the left side of the screen, there are over 3000 categories of images, organized into 150 sections. This will find you collections of similar images by subject.
- Enter a free-text search in the search box at the top right. This will find you collections of images that have those terms in the descriptions, title or keywords.
- Use a quick link. Under each large size images are a series of keyword tags, selecting one of these will find all images tagged the same way.
You are required to enter your email address and click "Agree" to the terms of use to download a watermark free image.Digging around deep enough may eventually take you to VERY FEW photos that may not be suitable for elementary students, but I haven't found anything that wouldn't be fine for older students. The only photos that I found that are questionable are in the New York City group.
For elementary students you might want to preview the groups you are asking them to search to be safe.
Wikimedia Commons, where you can browse for images by topic, location, type, author, license, or source. Copyright status and conditions are clearly stated. Great images and a wide range of content.
flickr Creative Commons includes a very clear description of what each type of license allows and requires for use of the images on the first page and allows for an easy search for the content for which you are looking. Check this one out!
Copyright Friendly Video Clips
CreativeCommons.org- This site has works of all types, most notably video clips. I have found links to some video that may have less appropriate for younger students. It does have a safe search feature. That said, I would search for the media ahead of time so I could find the best and most appropriate video or photos for my class. In addition, if you search and find anything from Google Video or YouTube, remember that our school system blocks video from these 2 sources so those clips will not be usable.
StockFootageForFree.com is a website dedicated to providing completely free stock footage from around the world that can be downloaded instantly and incorporated into any type of video editing project–personal or commercial.
This website is owned and operated by Footage Firm, and all of the clips available on this site were created exclusively as stock footage to be given away. Registered users may use the footage freely and legally in their own projects, royalty free.
The clips are short and organized into categories.. You may not find everything you are looking for here, but what you do find is good quality and I have not found anything that is not school appropriate.
Royalty Free Music- Free Music Resources - The Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Music Loops, Royalty Free Beats, Royalty Free Bumpers and Stingers, and Royalty Free Sound Effects, posted on this page may be used, in Educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge.